Elizabeth Hayward

was the youngest female convict, at 13, on the First Fleet. She received seven years transportation at the Old Bailey in January 1787, for being accused of stealing clothes from the clog maker she was working for. Elizabeth was on board the Lady Penrhyn for about three and a half months before the Fleet set sail.

Born 1893 Bothwell Tasmania Occupation Labourer Enlisted 10 April 1916 in Tasmania, aged 23 Embarked for England at Fremantle 18 July 1916 aboard HMAT Seang Bee A48 Proceeded to France per SS Victoria 3 November 1916 Wounded in action in Belgium; in and out of War Hospitals in England Embarked 18 July 1919 for Australia per HT TakadaDied 14 September 1956

Joseph Sydney Hayes(elder brother to Tasman Francis Hayes) Born 26 June 1888 Bothwell Tasmania to Joseph Lowe and Jane (Hastie) Hayes Enlisted into the Australian Imperial Force, aged 27 years Died 28 September 1974

498Tasman Francis Hayes (brother to Joseph Sydney Hayes)Depot Private, D Company, 6th Battalion Born 11 April 1891 Bothwell Tasmania to Joseph Lowe and Jane (Hastie) Hayes Enlisted 20 August 1914 at Melbourne, aged 23 Tasman did not see action overseas but remained in Australia and served as a Depot Private

Doctor Guy Brooke Bailey (brother to Alan Brooke Bailey and Roy Brooke Bailey) Born 16 April 1883 Hobart Tasmania to George Herbert and Isabel Agnes(Gibson) Bailey Guy Bailey studied medicine at Edinburgh University, Scotland. In December 1914 Dr Bailey returned to Hobart after 12 months in London at St Bartholomew’s Hospital doing an extensive course of surgery and was for a time Assistant House Surgeon at Hobart General Hospital. He also was in charge of Dr Gilbert Butler’s practise in Zeehan while he was for a time in England and was a surgeon attached to Zeehan District Hospital. On 3 April 1915 at All Saints Church Hobart, he married Ida Douglas, daughter of the late Sir Adye Douglas and Lady Douglas of Battery Point Tasmania. While at Zeehan, Dr Bailey was a very popular Doctor and was an enthusiastic footballer and an ardent cricketer, being a son of a member of the first Australian cricket team to go to England.

WW1 Captain (Medical Officer) MID 7th and 13th Field Ambulance AMC Enlisted 1 May 1915 aged 32 Next of kin wife Mrs GB Bailey, 101 Hampden Road, Hobart Tasmania Embarked Brisbane Queensland 25 May 1915 aboard HMAT Ascanius A11Service in the Gallipoli Suffered a bout of enteric fever and being temporarily unfit for further service was returned to Australia on HT Themistocles to recuperate, though acting as ship’s doctor in the return voyage. Back in Tasmania, he conducted medical examinations on enlistment and his signature may be found on many attestation papers. Returned to Camp 1 March 1916 Re-embarked at Melbourne 16 March 1916 aboard Orsova for overseas service Returned to France with the 13th Field Ambulance and later as Regimental Medical Officer for the 52nd BattalionMention in General D Haig’s Despatch I have the honor to submit the name of under-mentioned officer serving under my command, whose distinguished and gallant services, and devotion to duty, I consider deserving of special mention:Captain Guy Brooke BaileyFor general good services during the operations near Pozieres between 28 August 16 and 2 September 16. Lieut-Colonel John Basil St Vincent Welch, O.C. 13th Aus. Fd. Amb. (London Gazette 2 January 1917 and Commonwealth of Australia 29 June 1917)

Killed outright by H.E. Shell on 27 March 1917 when the battalion was going into the line in the night, near Lagnicourt. Buried near the spot where he fell – about 500 yards beyond the village of Vaux. A cross was erected over the grave Re-interred to Vaulx Hill Cemetery, France (II.F.19)

Stuart Galloway Gibson MCCaptain Medical Officer Australian Medical Army Corps, attached 56th Battalion Born 31 December 1892 Hobart Tasmania to George Henry and Jessie White (Galloway) Gibson Occupation Medical Practitioner Appointment 13 June 1916, aged 23 Next of kin father Dr GH Gibson, 177 Macquarie Street Hobart Tasmania Embarked 8 August 1916 Sydney New South Wales aboard HMAT Ballarat A70 Service in France Award Military Cross 3 October 1917For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty. While he was in charge of a detachment at loading post the enemy opened a heavy bombardment. Though nearly all the shelters were demolished, he continued at his work of removing casualties throughout intense shelling. He set a splendid example of courage and devotion to duty. London Gazette 23 November 1917Commonwealth of Australia Gazette 7 March 1918 Returned to Australia on HT Irishman, disembarked 8 May 1919 Appointment terminated 13 September 1919 Died 1953 Tasmania

12389 Henry (Harry) Richard Hume(brother to William John Hume)Gunner and Driver, 6th Field Artillery Brigade, 3rd Reinforcements 1 to 5 Reinforcements (November 1915-May 1916) Later taken on strength of 2nd DAC from Division Base Depot France Born 3 July 1897 Pateena Tasmania to Albert Alfred and Dinah Hume Enlisted 3 November 1915 Ross Tasmania, aged 18 years Embarked 26 January 1916 aboard HMAT Themistocles A32 Served in France Returned to Australia June 1919 aboard HT KaragolaDischarged 22 August 1919; reason Demobilization Died 12 August 1982

914 William John Hume MM (brother to Henry Richard Hume)Private, Corporal, Sergeant, 10th Infantry Brigade 39th Infantry Battalion “C” Company Born 29 October 1886 Longford Tasmania to Albert Alfred and Dinah Hume Served for 12 months in the Longford Militia until it was disbanded Enlisted 7 March 1916 Longford aged 29 years Embarked 27 May 1916 aboard HMAT Ascanius A11 Promoted from Private to Corporal 13 September then to Sergeant 12 October 1917Awarded Military Medal 23 October 1917 for conspicuous service in the Field, (France) On 1st October 1917, east of Ypes, he displayed conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty in action. This N.C.O. showed marked courage and coolness and did most excellent work under heavy fire, both in reorganisation and in bringing rations forward to his men. He also did splendid service in bringing in the wounded. His courageous bearing at all times, had a wonderful effect on the spirits of his men

William John Hume

Returned to Australia June 1919 aboard HT KaragolaDischarged 14 August 1919; reason Demobilization Died 8 May 1954 Wynyard Hospital, Tasmania

781 Arthur Lamph (enlisted as Charles Therwell)Family story suggests his father disapproved of his enlisting, that is why he enlisted under an alias. Corporal, “B” Company 19th Battalion and AN & ME Force Born 1895 NSW to Lilla Mary Whitchurch and Arthur John Lamph Service in the Tasmanian Cadets 1st enlistment 11 August 1914 in Sydney, discharged Sydney to 18 July 1915 (termination of period of engagement) 2nd enlistment 25 March 1918 in Sydney, discharged 18 March 1917 Attested at Sydney 8 September 1919 for Home Service in No.4 AGH (POW Hospital) Discharged 7 June 1921 Medically unfit, having lost both legs to war wounds Drowned at Cronulla NSW 1 October 1933 in a boating accident due to his artificial legs

Killed in action 5 October 1917 in Belgium Commemorated in the Nine Elms British Cemetery, Belgium.

On Tuesday evening the sad news was cabled to the Rev LT Tarleton, of Longford, that Private Horace Saltmarsh had died of gunshot wounds on October 5 at the 3rd Australian Casualty Station in France. Private Saltmarsh was the son of Mr Lewis Saltmarsh, of Epping. Another son is serving with the colours in France. This makes the 20th boy from the Longford district that has made the supreme sacrifice

The Tasmanian Examiner 19 October 1917

4034 Linden Roderick Saltmarsh MM (brother to Horace Edgar Saltmarsh)Private, 12th Infantry Battalion – 9 to 12 Reinforcements (September-December 1915) Born 27 February 1898 Longford Tasmania to Lewis and Elsie Emma (Hume) Saltmarsh Occupation Jockey Enlisted 4 September 1915, aged 18 Embarked Melbourne 21 October 1916 aboard RMS OrontesAwarded the Military Medal 7 October 1918 for bravery in the field (France) At Mont De Merris near Strazeele on night of 30th May 1918, Privates Saltmarsh and Reyolds, who accompanied Sergeant Turner on a patrol, rushed an enemy listening post, killed the occupants, captured a machine gun and brought it back to our lines. signed Major-General, Commanding 1st Australian Division

Linden Roderick Saltmarsh

Returned to Australia 9 September 1919 ex SuevicDischarged 5 November 1919 Died 25 May 1937

Enlisted 29 August 1914 Brighton Tasmania aged 26 Next of kin James Taylor Weena Trevallyn, Launceston Tasmania Embarked 20 October 1914 aboard HMAT Geelong A2 Service at the Dardanelles – wounded in action at Gallipoli Died of wounds 26 May 1915 on board SS Clan McGillivaryBuried at sea 26 April 1915 off Gaba Tepe Commemorated Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey Name is located at AWM Panel 67 in the Commemorative Area

Group portrait of the Australian Army Nursing Service (AANS) c1916, most of whom embarked from Australia on the Orsova during July 1915, outside the Ivanhoe Hotel London. Ruth Taylor is amongst these nurses who are all named on the AWM photograph on-line

Nursing Sister on duty aboard No.2 Hospital Ship Kanowa leaving Egypt for AustraliaDaily Telegraph, Launceston Tasmania, Thursday 25 November 1915Sister Ruth Taylor (Trevallyn) returned to Launceston on a short leave on Tuesday having been one of the sisters in attendance on the wounded soldiers in the hospital ship from Egypt. Sister Taylor has only a short time to spend here, returning to duty almost immediately.

Nursing Sister on duty aboard No.2 Hospital Ship Kanowna embarking Sydney NSW 22 December 1915 28 January 1916 Sailed from Suez per Kanowna – permanent staff Hospital Ship to 10 March 1916 Disembarked Melbourne 24 March 1917 Enlisted 25 April 1917 in the Australian Army Nursing Service at Show Grounds Moore Park NSW aged 35 Next of kin father Mr James Taylor Weena Trevallyn Launceston Tasmania Embarked Sydney NSW 9 May 1917 aboard HMAT Ulysses A38 10 October 1917 Detached from Croydon War Hospital for duty with No.1 AAH 10 October 1917 Attached to 1st AAH for duty from Croydon War Hospital 23 November 1917 Detached from attached duty with 2nd AAH Southall (Pending embarkation to Australia on transport duty) 12 October 1918 Detached from 1st AAH for duty with No.3 AGH Abeville France Returned to Australia 5 September 1919 per HT Prinz Ludwig as nursing staff Demobilisation 31 December 1918

The Mercury, Hobart Tasmania 6 September 1919 Sister Taylor from Sydney took over the emergency hospital at Sorrell.

4275 David John Whitchurch(brother of Norman Chester Whitchurch)Private, 21st Battalion (Infantry) Born 31 July 1892 to Percy Wickham and Henrietta Louisa (Bradshaw) Whitchurch Enlisted Melbourne Embarked Melbourne 7 April 1916 aboard HMAT Wiltshire A18 Died 3 May 1917 from a bullet wound to the head, just after capturing the first line at Bullecourt and was buried later where he fell. Previously reported missing by AIF Headquarters on 6 December 1917 Cemetery or memorial details: Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Villers-Bretonneux Area, France

1722Frederick Alfred WhitchurchPrivate, 2nd 51st Battalion Born 3 March 1886, Pateena, Tasmania to Wickham and Harriet (White) Whitchurch Enlisted Bendigo Victoria 4 September 1915. Was at Williamstown and Broadmeadows Victoria before overseas from Fremantle aboard HMAT Aencas A60 Disembarked at Suez, May 1916. Embarked to France 1916 August 1916 he embarked on hospital ship Brighton at Calais to Edmonton Military Hospital England with influenza; in and out of hospital and admitted sick again at Wiltshire on 11 February 1916. Died 9 April 1917 Pneumonia Cerebis, Spinal Meningitis (isolation hospital) Salisbury, England Buried Stratford Sub-Castle Cemetery, England, Grave No 111, Consecrated Portion

Grave – Frederick Alfred Whitchurch

On 23 February 1923 his father received, by Registered Post, his Victory Medal.

(More than 5,000,000 were issued and bears the inscription The Great War for Civilisation).

10989Frederick Edwin Whitchurch(brother of Gordon Whitchurch)Gunner, 6th Field Artillery Brigade Born 1899 Young Town Tasmania to Rueben Richard and Annie Maria (Grace) Whitchurch Occupation butcher on enlistment in Claremont Tasmania

8287 Horace Claude Whitchurch MM (brother to Cecil Alexander Whitchurch)Gunner 17th Battery, 6th Field Artillery BrigadeBombardier 1916 Born 1890 South Yarra Victoria to Ernest Albert and Elizabeth Ann (Burgess) Whitchurch Occupation Motor Mechanic Enlisted Melbourne 13 July 1915 aged 25 Next of kin father Ernest Albert Whitchurch, Redcliffe Road Belmont, Western Australia Embarked Melbourne 22 November 1915 aboard HMAT Persic A34 Service in FranceAwarded the Military Medal 12 December 1916 (For Bravery in the Field)For conspicuous gallantry while repairing and maintaining telephone lines at FLERS, particularly on 2nd November 1916, when he worked in the open under heavy fire for three hours. On the night of 5th November from 8 p.m. to midnight, he repaired lines continually broken by shells.. On the day and night of 8th November 1916 and again on 24 November 1916, he rendered excellent service and showed a complete disregard to all risks while continuing to show great devotion to duty.

Married Florence Eveline Dix on 30 December 1918 at Saint Matthias Church in Canning Town, London England Returned to Australia with wife Florence per HT Konigin Luise, disembarking 2 August 1919 Fremantle Western Australia Discharged 27 September 1919 Was a Building Contractor in Perth Western Australia

7350 James Vivian Whitchurch(brother to Frederick Alfred Whitchurch)Private, 12th Battalion 24th Reinforcement Born 12 April 1892 Launceston Tasmania to Wickham and Harriet (White) Whitchurch Enlisted 25 October 1916 Derby Tasmania Embarked Adelaide 10 February 1917aboard HMAT Seang Bee A48 Remained in England until he returned to Australia 15 February 1918

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